The Grand Canyon......*blink blink*

I have no words to describe the Grand Canyon. I am going to try and share the beauty and wondrous majestic grandeur of this unbelievable place...... I don't even think the pictures ~ and we took MANY pictures ~ can truly do justice. We left Flagstaff on a crisp sunny morning with snow covering the ground. We drove to The South Rim and parked. Initially you think hmmmm parking here, shops there, tourist buses EVERYWHERE and you reach the top of the pathway leading to the observation lookouts.......BLOODY HELL!!! Both Mr F and myself as hard as this is to believe .......were speechless. It stretches for miles and miles and then miles again. There was snow covering the ground beside the road leading up to The Park which is still doing my head in. Think about every picture you have seen of this magnificent wonder and do you recall ever seeing snow??????????? We stood on the first lookout for quite awhile just trying to burn what we were seeing into our memories. I can honestly say I have never seen ANYTHING like it. I have climbed Ayers Rock and looked over the Kimberlys (and THAT view is pretty darn awesome) but NOTHING can prepare you for literally having your breathe taken away when you reach the rise and gaze out upon this natural phenomenon.

We walked up the trail to get a higher look and it was well worth it. We had decided to not go to the Skywalk on the recommendation of the locals and they were right!!!! Yes its a bit touristy but you can still find a place at the edge of the barrier and just suck it all in. I just cannot begin to really find the words to do justice to what we have seen. As we stood at the top I said to Mr F ~ Can you imagine what Katy would do with her camera here???? He just shook his head and agreed that she would probably pass out and we would have to drag her away!!! We took a lot of pictures so I hope I can share just a tiny piece with you. We both think the snow all around added to what we saw.

After we had finally drunk our fill we got back in the car and headed toward The Hoover Dam. We didnt think we would make it today but it turns out we had a great run and managed to get there in time. You have to initially go through a security checkpoint before you are able to go up on The Dam itself but it is also well worth it. We have seen it so many times in movies that to actually be able to drive across then stop and have a look around was amazing. ( Damn it though we did not see one Transformer!!!)
Zillions of people as this is a seriously touristy place.

So ~ we are settling in at Boulder City for the night and heading to San Francisco tomorrow. We thought we might break it up into to two days of travel as we have some time up our sleeves. We will be spending a few days in San Fran before we have to head back to LA to go home on the 25th April.